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The most exclusive club at this European Championships today must be the top three in the Nacra 17 fleet. A dizzying 39 points clear of the fleet and 11 points between them, the British duo with two italian teams chasing delivered a masterclass in championship precision and resilience.
French duo Armel Le Cléac’h and Sébastien Josse sailing Maxi Banque Populaire XI crossed the finish line of the 16th edition of the Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre off Fort de France, Martinique at 18:19hrs local time (22:19hrs UTC) this Sunday evening to win the ULTIM division for 32m multihulls (subject to Jury verifications).
It started with intense excitement, and ended with a whimper, but even though the winds were light, the action was frenetic on day 3 of the SSL Gold Cup 1/32 Finals in Gran Canaria.
Norway edges past Italy in the 49erFX Gold Fleet, while New Zealand closes in on the Austrians at the top of the 49er standings…
Two hours of waiting were worth it for Gianluigi Ugolini and Maria Giubilei who solidified their lead on the fleet by eight points with a 6,2.
On day two of the SSL Gold Cup 1/32 Finals, Gran Canaria delivered another beautiful setting for world-class racing. Today it was all about teamwork, smooth sailing and eyes out of the boat looking for the best wind. Tactical yacht racing at its best.
SailMedia, the team who brings your the LIVE COVERAGE of the Australian 18 Footers, will be livestreaming the SPONSORS RACE on Sunday 12th November.
Announced as one of the top favorites in the Proto category for the 24th La Boulangère Mini Transat, Federico Waksman (1019 – Repremar – Shipping Agency Uruguay) lived up to his reputation.
Gianluigi Ugolini and Maria Giubilei wove a masterful path through the minefield of a difficult race course to extend their lead in the Nacra 17 fleet on day three of the European Championships.
Jana Germani and Giorgia Bertuzzi of Italy stayed firmly atop the leaderboard keeping all their races in the top five. For many FX sailors who started the event slow, it was the last chance to advance up the leaderboard and into the Gold fleet.
Gran Canaria delivered on the first day of the SSL Gold Cup 1/32 Finals, with sparkling seas, a lovely swell left over from the strong winds, and breeze hovering between 6 and 10 knots, providing ideal conditions for top class racing.
The Be Water Positive Sailing Team returned to Gosport late last night (Thursday 9th November) in order to seek further medical advice for Skipper, Scott Shawyer.
Yachts topping 20 knots speeds in classic Southern Ocean sailing. Pen Duick VI FR (14), Spirit of Helsinki FI (71), Translated 9 IT (09) and Maiden UK (03) lead a tightly grouped fleet.
Sailing has its own World Cup, finally! Like football in 1930 and rugby in 1987, the SSL Gold Cup is designed to crown the best sailing nation of all! The World Top 56 countries, selected on their SSL Nation ranking, will battle their way through to raise the coveted and only Sailing World Cup trophy.
Italian sailor Andrea Mura is driven by a special wind, a wind that carries the name and spirit of his homeland: Sardinia. This wind has not only inspired the name of his project and his boat, “Vento di Sardegna” (Wind of Sardinia), but also symbolizes the pride he has for his origins.
It’s hard to stand out on the Italian Nacra 17 Olympic team with Gold medalists and world champions as teammates but for the moment, Gianluigi Ugolini and Maria Giubilei are linking fickle shifts and putting the pedal down to lead the fleet.
With three qualifying races completed for the 91-strong 49er Men’s fleet across three groups, two Austrian teams find themselves in second and third overall. They’re only bettered by the young New Zealanders, Isaac McHardie and Will McKenzie, who won two of their four races in the red group.
Some of the biggest names in the Australian Etchells scene are already entered, as well as a handful of top international competitors from the United States, Hong Kong and Great Britain.
The 17th China Club Challenge Match in Xiamen ran from 21st October through to 27th on the waters off Xiamen Island in Fujian, China.
The Royal Ocean Racing Club’s 15th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600 will start on February 19th, 2024. Since the first edition in 2009, the race around 11 Caribbean islands, starting and finishing in Antigua, has evolved into one of the world’s most famous 600-mile races. The 15th anniversary edition has already attracted 40 teams from around the world.
A trio of Olympic sailing disciplines will be on show on the waters off the Portugal coast starting 8 November with Skiff and Mixed Multihull athletes vying for honours, plus Olympic berths, at the 2023 European Championships in Vilamoura.
After a spectacular start at 0930hrs local time off Le Havre this morning the IMOCA fleet on the 16th Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre made the most of the outgoing tide to boost them on the their way out of the Channel, tacking upwind past the tip of the Cherbourg peninsula this afternoon in gusty westerly breezes in excess of 20kts.
This Tuesday, as they crossed under the symbolic threshold of 1,000 miles remaining, the fleet of the 24th edition of La Boulangère Mini Transat contends with somewhat unstable trade winds.
The grand departure of October 29 saw 7 skippers set off from A Coruna to join those who had left in the prior weeks taking the total of boats at sea to 14.
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